RFK Jr. launches FDA review of abortion pill [View all]

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Medication abortion is used in nearly two-thirds of abortions in the U.S.

By Cheyenne Haslett September 24, 2025, 8:00 PM


Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Republican states this week that the FDA would conduct a new review of abortion pills, a move that abortion rights advocates say could lead to significant restrictions on the most common abortion method nationwide.

Medication abortion is used in nearly two-thirds of abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group focusing on sexual and reproductive health. It is also the primary way that abortions continue in states where abortion is banned, largely because of telehealth appointments and shield laws, which allow some providers in other states to mail abortion pills to women in states with bans without fear of prosecution.

Republicans and anti-abortion advocates have been pressing the Trump administration to change the FDA's rules around mifepristone, an oral drug typically used in combination with another drug, misoprostol, to induce an abortion or to help manage an early miscarriage.

If access to the pill were restricted, either by banning telehealth access or narrowing the window when women can use it, it would significantly cut back on abortion access in post-Roe v. Wade America, where at least 16 states have ceased nearly all abortion services.....................




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